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Abstract: It is very hard to tell if Free Trade Agreements are “good” or “bad”, but what I can tell as a consumer is that I cannot see [...]
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Moving from the Caribbean to Europe was an interesting experience for me. One thing that really astonished me was how integrated EU countries were. I hadn’t realized (prior to moving [...]
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Free trade might boost global economic growth, but it can have devastating effects on those who are not prepared for it. At the end of the day, a country needs [...]
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Abstract: In Venezuela it's common to complement the monthly income with small side enterprises, a practice known as "killing tigers" (matar tigres), but for some it's a way of living. [...]
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Every year all the world celebrates International Women's Day, a day that showcases the economic, political and social achievements of women. Less than a hundred years ago women in Brazil didn't [...]
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The Salvadoran state is like a father who has many children. It is in debt, has limited wages, has maxed out its credit cards and overdrawn its checking account, and [...]
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Abstract: European migrations since the sixteenth century provoked a world wide movement of men, women, objects, fabrics, ideas, fashion. In colonial Bolivia indians were prohibited from using Spanish clothings in [...]
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Last April Ecuador’s president Rafael Correa went on an international tour of several countries, including Germany, Italy and Spain. In Germany, his intention to open a trading space [...]
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Free trade has yet to become a topic of daily conversation for people in the Pacific but it certainly figures large in the political arena where Pacific leaders have been [...]
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The Transatlantic Free-Trade Agreement (TAFTA) has a lot of American supporters as the USA expects to get the maximum profit from this deal. Former NATO secretary-general Javier Solana, [...]
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Imagine a dimly lit room, a rural interior in Eastern India. This is where the elderly Bijoya gazes out through the railings of her cracked window, waiting eagerly for Bardhan, [...]
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When I was a young girl, my parents always advised me never to bargain with artisans who sell hand-made crafts in Mexico but to pay the price that was asked. [...]
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I want to say a big 'thank you' to all of you: English, Scottish, Irish, Dutch, Belgians, Germans, Americans, Swedes, Norwegians, Spaniards, Italians and all other nations for receiving [...]
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Macedonians know that hardly any foreigner will learn Macedonian. It is the language of only two million people so mastering it doesn't bring all that many benefits. Macedonians also know [...]
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Abstract: Today, only in Brazil, one in every three children between 5 and 9 years is [...]
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Across Europe, governments in recent years have been increasingly hostile to immigration. British Prime Minister David Cameron was noted for a factually-questionable anti-immigration speech in March and German Chancellor [...]
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Abstract: Intipucá is a very small, dusty and hot town in rural El Salvador. However, it used to be one of the richest towns in the country. Said [...]
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In today’s economy, it is vital that young people learn to fish for themselves rather than wait to be handed fish by their guardians or society. Yet it is even [...]
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In the conservative Muslim culture of Mali, women fulfill their traditional gender roles of raising children, tending the [...]
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We know we're living in a globalized world when we realize we're able to go to our local grocery store and find food from every continent or when [...]
